February 26th – March 12th
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When the first Christmas sweets have just begun to appear on supermarket shelves, and it’s three and half months until the beginning of the Festival de Jerez, at midday today the official presentation of the fifteenth edition of the most important flamenco and Spanish dance festival in the world took place. The formalities were at the Teatro Villamarta in Jerez de la Frontera where as winter draws to a close we will see some of the most noteworthy flamenco artists in the specialities of dance, cante, guitar and the new tendencies. With the presence of artists Luis Moneo, Jesús Méndez and the recently honored dance teacher Angelita Gómez among others, Dolores Barroso, head of the Jerez Culture department, spoke at length about the importance of the festival, before turning the mike over to Paulino Plata, chief representative of the Andalucia Cultural Department, who also offered a detailed and favorable evaluation of the merits of this festival, not only within Spain, but internationally as well. And of course he underlined the almost certain naming of flamenco to be included in UNESCO’s list of World Heritage art-forms. Festival director Isamay Benavente pointed out the current diverse offering in flamenco, and how easy it was to fill the program with high-quality talent. Among the major shows to be presented at the Teatro Villamarta are artists such as La Farruca, Javier Barón, Javier Latorre, Manuela Carrasco and Belén Maya among many others. Miguel Poveda, just about everyone’s favorite singer in this first decade of the new milennium, will bring his show «Historias de Viva Voz». The inaugural recital features the most international figure from Jerez, Antonio el Pipa, and the closing gala is the responsibility of Eva Yerbabuena with her work «Cuando Yo Era…» which recently debuted within the program of the Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla. This year the Bodega de los Apóstoles will not have shows, but in addition to the main theater, festival venues include the Sala Compañía, the Palacio Villavivencio, the Sala Paúl and the Centro Andaluz de Flamenco, not to mention the many flamenco peñas with their afterhours shows and the daily gatherings at the Bodega San Ginés.
COMPLETE PROGRAM Friday, 25th February
Saturday, 26 th February
Teatro Villamarta –
Sunday, 27 th February
Teatro Villamarta – Sala Compañía –
Monday, 28 th February
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Martes, 1st March
Palacio Villavicencio – Sala Compañía – Sala Paúl – Wednesday, 2nd March Sala Paúl – Teatro Villamarta – Sala Compañía – Thursday, 3rd March Centro Andaluz de Flamenco –
Palacio Villavicencio – Teatro Villamarta – Sala Compañía – Friday, 4th March Centro Andaluz de Flamenco –
Teatro Villamarta – Sala Compañía – Saturday, 5th March Centro Andaluz de Flamenco –
Sala Compañía – Sunday, 6th March Sala Paúl –
Monday, 7th March Centro Andaluz de Flamenco – Palacio Villavicencio –
Sala Compañía – Martes, 8th March 10.00 am y Midday Palacio Villavicencio –
Sala Compañía – Wednesday, 9th March 10.00 am y Midday
Sala Compañía – Sala Paúl – Thursday, 10 March Centro Andaluz de Flamenco – Centro Andaluz de Flamenco –
Teatro Villamarta – Sala Compañía – Friday, 11st March Centro Andaluz de Flamenco – S Teatro Villamarta – Sala Compañía – Saturday, 12nd March
Sala Paúl – Teatro Villamarta –
Especial XIV Festival de Jerez 2011. Toda la información en DeFlamenco.com |
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directed by JAVIER LATORRE – music by CHICUELO, 
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Centro Andaluz de Flamenco –
Sala Paúl –
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Teatro Villamarta –
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Palacio Villavicencio –
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ala Paúl –
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